Helloie from London!
We are having a great time here! There is SO much to see and do, it's amazing!
We had a great time in Amsterdam. The Anne Frank Huis was really inspiring and moving. We hung out in the parks and used our museum passes to the max! We went to the Rijksmuseum and FOAM, a cool photography museum. We actually ran into a fellow Laurier grad there as well, Nikki Grant and her friend Steffie! It was cool to see them and hang out! Our last night we hung out with two other couples we met at our hostel, the Flying Pig. (It was an awesome hostel!) Jackie and Larry were from LA and Quin and Miranda were from B.C. We took them to the Red Light District (you know, because we're experts on it) and got lost too! Amsterdam is sooo easy to get lost in! All the buildings are gorgeous, but they all look the same!
So we headed back to London and after a brutal interrogation process at the airport, we were allowed back into London! So, here we are. We have been staying with our friends Myra and Kristian, also friends we met in Cambodia. They have been amazing hosts, just like our friends Bas and Susanne in Maastricht. We have had jam-packed days here in London, and Kristian has been a great tour guide! On our first day we went to Tower Bridge, London Bridge, saw the Tower of London, saw the Guerkan, went to Spitafeld Market (where Jack the Ripper found his victims), London City Wall, Bank (the financial district), St. Paul's, Horse Guards Parade (and got our picture taken with an unenthusiastic guard!), Southwark Church (which was amazing... I spoke with the Chaplin for a good half an hour! It was built around 600 and Shakespeare's brother is buried there), Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abby, Millennium Bridge, the Parliament Buildings (BIG Ben!) and that night Ian and I went to see Wicked in the theatre district! It was an awesome show. The Parliament buildings were absolutely incredible. St. Pauls was awesome... we loved everything we saw!
Yesterday we went to Buckingham Palace to see the changing of the guards. We had to run, otherwise we would have been late. I thought I was going to have an asthma attack! It was really cool because the guards rode in on horses, which Kristian said they don't usually do. We went to Covent Garden, Leicester Square, Piccadilly circus (where I ran into some more WLU kids, Mirium, Katie and friends! Horray! How cool is that?!) and then we went to a pub for a pint after some arcade games, haha. We even checked out the Canadian pub, 'The Maple Leaf.' We went to the British Museum too, which we will write about later. Last night we went out in Camden and had a blast! I better go though, off for another day!
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
In Amsterdam!
Helloie out there real-world....
Here we are at our hostel in Amsterdam. We are about to go go to a coffee shop and write in our journals, so I am not going to write to much! I just wanted to post to keep you up-to-date on where we have been so far! So we flew into London last Wednesday... Ian pointed out today that we haven't even been off work for a week yet! Pretty crazy! We have been having an amazing time. Our first night away from Korea was spent at our friends, Myra and Kristian's place in London. Thursday we headed to Maastricht by plane to spend time with our friends Susanne and Bass. We stayed there for two nights, ate terrific meals and saw the beauty Maastricht had to offer. Bas and Susanne came up to Amsterdam with us and the 4 of us stayed for two nights at a sweet campground in an adorable log cabin. They just left today and we were sad to see them go, but we are excited to be here and love just wandering the streets. Today we spent about 2.5 hours in the Van Gogh museum, which was amazing. We are loving the Netherlands! We are here in Amsterdam for 2 more nights and then we are heading back to London. I am so excited about the Anne Frank Haus. For those of you who know about my interest in WWII and Anne Frank, you must know how pumped I am. Other then that, Ian and I are basically just soaking in the sites and loving our time so far!
There. That was a quick, little update!
Miss you all!
xoxo
Here we are at our hostel in Amsterdam. We are about to go go to a coffee shop and write in our journals, so I am not going to write to much! I just wanted to post to keep you up-to-date on where we have been so far! So we flew into London last Wednesday... Ian pointed out today that we haven't even been off work for a week yet! Pretty crazy! We have been having an amazing time. Our first night away from Korea was spent at our friends, Myra and Kristian's place in London. Thursday we headed to Maastricht by plane to spend time with our friends Susanne and Bass. We stayed there for two nights, ate terrific meals and saw the beauty Maastricht had to offer. Bas and Susanne came up to Amsterdam with us and the 4 of us stayed for two nights at a sweet campground in an adorable log cabin. They just left today and we were sad to see them go, but we are excited to be here and love just wandering the streets. Today we spent about 2.5 hours in the Van Gogh museum, which was amazing. We are loving the Netherlands! We are here in Amsterdam for 2 more nights and then we are heading back to London. I am so excited about the Anne Frank Haus. For those of you who know about my interest in WWII and Anne Frank, you must know how pumped I am. Other then that, Ian and I are basically just soaking in the sites and loving our time so far!
There. That was a quick, little update!
Miss you all!
xoxo
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